This painting is fun to work with when talking about abstraction with students, since it shows how there can be multiple interpretations of one image – even for the artist! Read more
Teacher Exchange Blog
Students looking at Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ballet Skirt or Electric Light, December 2009. Photograph by Ai Wee Seow
We recently tried out a new approach to the Whitney’s Classroom Collaborative program. Read more
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Exploring a Variation on Classroom Collaboratives
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Students from Chelsea Prep PS 33 working on their paintings during their Classroom Collaborative. Photograph by Ai Wee Seow
School Programs recently piloted a variation of Classroom Collaboratives with a group of fourth-grade students from Chelsea Prep PS 33, our partnership school. Read more
The Whitney School Programs team can’t stop looking at all the terrific photographs that were taken during our Teach with O’Keeffe conference last month! Read more
Our 2009-2010 Teacher Exchange program has begun, and it’s off to a great start! Read more
School & Educator Programs just wrapped up the first part of Teach with O’Keeffe–an exciting project that started in September! Teach with O’Keeffe is a collaborative partnership between three schools and three museums. Read more
Westside Collaborative School students in the exhibition, Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction, September 2009. Photograph by Tiffany Oelfke
For Teach with O’Keeffe, the Whitney has partnered with the Westside Collaborative School in Manhattan, working the teachers and sixth and seventh grade students in the Art, English, and Science Departments. Read more
After a whirlwind week, Connecting Collections 2009 came to a close—though we hope what the participants took away will last much longer! Read more
